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| Notes (1st edition) | There are at least four editions of this gorgeous scene, one an edition of 300, another of 400, and a third of 420, plus a lithographic edition of 200. Rare. "Kagami Jishi" is a fantasy whose story is related through the movements of the dancers. Yayoi, a young lady in waiting in the Shun's palace at Edo, was chosen to perform the lion dance at the New Year celebrations, a ceremonial performance originally designed to exorcize evil spirits. The dancer held a wooden lion head with moveable jaws which was decorated with a flowing silk streamer. Yayoi was shy and hesitant, so she was locked into a room with the mask and told to practice. At first she was overwhelmed by her surroundings and danced rather timidly. As she became more engrossed in the task her steps quickened. Fascinated against her will, she took up the lion head and danced a tentative movement. Gradually the spirit of the lion entered into her and took complete charge of her limbs. Two butterflies appeared and the lion head pursued them. Finally the dancing maiden disappeared altogether, leaving only the rampaging spirit of a lion, who then rushed into his lair and back again to sport among the peonies, where he finally fell asleep. Two butterflies appeared to tease him, and he tried angrily to catch them. Finally he worked himself into a mighty rage and stood shaking his great mane around in a fury of movement. | |||
| Publisher (this edition): | Sanmido | Sanmido | Sanmido | Sanmido |
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| Notes (this edition) These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: | Monday, 25 April 2011 Title Kagami-Jishi Artist Tatsumi Shimura 1907-1980 Signature "Tatsumi". Seal Artist's seal. Dated Ca. 1980's. Publisher Sanmido (???) Medium/Technique Woodblock print. Impression Excellent - very good � Printed on a "Tatsumi Mokuhanga" watermarked paper. Colors Excellent. Condition Excellent - very good � Margins lightly creased. Edition Size 300 Numbered 139 / 300 Description Dancer is performing the "Kagami-Jishi", a dance where the story of a fantasy is told through the movements of the dancer. Note Carver Ohkura Hanbei. Printer Noguchi Keiichi. Width Item 20.1 inches = 51.0 cm Height Item 17.3 inches = 44.0 cm Width Image 17.9 inches = 45.5 cm Height Image 15.2 inches = 38.5 cm |
Monday, 2 January 2006 You are bidding on a very rare original Japanese woodblock print "Silent Lion" signed by the famous Showa Shin-Hanga artist Shimura Tatsumi (1907-1980) with PENCIL SIGNED NUMBER 163/400. Shimura Tatsumi was mainly a traditional Japanese painter so he did not create a lot of bijin ga prints before he died in 1980. The designs of his woodblock prints have an individual style and are something special - and beautiful. Because of these reasons, his Bijin ga woodblock prints are hard to find and are highly priced in Japan and Europe. Information on Shimura Tatsumi and his woodblock print can be easily found on any search engine. His woodblock prints are hard to find and sell for thousands dollars in the galleries. The size of this woodblock print is 20 x 17 1/4 inches. The colors, which are vivid and vibrant, are in layers. This woodblock print is not attached any backing paper or cardboard. Ink bleeding can be seen through the back of the original Japanese mulberry Washi paper. All four borders are intact. The artist痴 signature and his chop mark are in the upper right corner of this print. In the lower left part of the bottom border of this woodblock print, there is number 163/400 written in PENCIL, which means this print is the 163th out of 400 prints. The inspector, carver and printer痴 seals and publisher痴 seal are in the lower left border. In the lower right border, is a watermarks saying "Tatsumi痴 Mokuhanga" which roughly translates to "Tatsumi痴 woodblock print". Usually, publishers only put watermarks on very expensive and special Japanese woodblock prints. This print was backed at the very outer edges and was in a picture frame for decades. Except for some very minor paper fringes along the very outer edges due to tape peeling, which does not affect the images at all, this woodblock print is in excellent condition. |
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